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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Greg Pyfrom, Esquire and long time A.I.I.™ Board Member

Greg will review the law and legal issues facing home inspectors including new hurdles we face, what's on the horizon and other issues that include Nevada Law - Chapter 645D.

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Greg Pyfrom, Esquire and long time A.I.I.™ Board Member

Greg will address legal issues in contracts and inspection reports as well as provide verbiage for reports which will help protect the home inspector from frivolous lawsuits.

Inspecting Home Energy Components- 2nd part

Russ King, Sierra Building Science, Inc.

George Wolf

George will enlighten us on conditions that we may encounter while inspecting garages and some approaches to inspecting and reporting them.

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A.I.I.™ Board Meeting

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Douglas Hansen

This course will include a review of the common safety hazards inspectors encounter, including ladder safety, personal protective clothing & equipment, environmental hazards, hazards to the homeowner, and general safety precautions. There will be special emphasis on employee workplace safety, including provisions of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, and demonstrations of safety equipment.

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Douglas Hansen

This class will look at the new generation of gas appliance vents, including direct vent and condensing furnaces, with practical examples of the new appliances inspectors are seeing.

Douglas Hansen

Topics include new gas piping systems and methods, FVIR water heaters, high-efficiency and power-vented water heaters, direct-vent water heaters, tankless water heaters, and hybrid systems. We will include information on new venting systems, including those for Category III and Category IV appliances, and look at plumbing issues that arise from the green building movement.

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Gregory C. Pyfrom, Esq., a long time A.I.I.™ Board Member and senior partner of Gregory C. Pyfrom & Associates is an experienced litigator and ABOTA trial lawyer, one of the most prestigious accomplishments for any litigator.

His track record at trial is superb with over 150+ jury trials to verdict in his 33 year history as a California trial attorney.

Not only has Mr. Pyfrom tried more home inspector cases to verdict in California than anyone else, he has tried the largest cases against inspectors relating to physical injury arising from "mold", obtained judgments against plaintiffs who sued home inspectors' in excess of $1,000,000, and recently obtained a judgment for a home inspector in excess of $186,000.

Mr. Pyfrom has represented fortune 500 companies and smaller business owners in the area of real estate, home inspection, mortgage brokers, construction and other forms of professional E&O insurance litigation.

Gregory C. Pyfrom, Sr. , Esq. can be contacted through A.I.I.™

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W. Russell King, P.E. is a professional mechanical engineer licensed in California, Nevada, Colorado and Hawaii.

He has over 20 years of experience in the areas of HVAC design, diagnostics and consulting, as well as energy code compliance and consulting.

He has taught professional level training on all of those topics.

He is one of few licensed mechanical engineers that specialize in HVAC and energy design in residential buildings.

He helped develop the first statewide home energy rating system in California.

He wrote and administered the certification exams for California's Title 24 energy consultants for three years.

He started and managed the mechanical design department for a large energy consulting firm for eight years. During this period he designed well over fifteen hundred residential HVAC systems.

He opened and managed a new mechanical engineering office for a large structural engineering company seeking to branch into other disciplines.

He started Sierra Building Science, Inc., a training and consulting firm specializing in residential HVAC and energy efficiency.

He is the primary certification trainer for CalCERTS Home Energy Rating System.

He started "Comfort Geek - Home Comfort Diagnostics", a certification program specializing in diagnosing residential HVAC comfort problems. Visit www.comfortgeek.com for more information.

He has successfully diagnosed many homes that had persistently bewildered other professionals and consultants.

He sat on the Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical and Energy Code Advisory Committee for the California Building Standards Commission.

He sits on the Green Building Code Advisory Committee for the California Building Standards Commission.

He is the Director of the West Coast Office of Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA).

He sits on the RESNET Training and Education Committee.

He is a RESNET Quality Assurance Designee.

He can be contacted at:

Sierra Building Science Center

133 L Street, Suite C Old Sacramento, CA 95814

916-446-2239 (fax:2240)

russking@sierrabuildingscience.com

www.sierrabuildingscience.com

George Wolf is a graduate of San Jose State University with a degree in Natural Science and Education. After graduation, he entered the construction field and became a licensed California contractor and began working in Northern California. George has since retired from contracting in California and moved the short distance to Northern Nevada over a decade ago. George moved to Truckee CA in the 70's and relocated to the warmer climate of Reno, NV in 1997 after establishing his home inspection business in the Northern California and Northern Nevada regions in 1988.

He is well known and a well respected inspector in these regions. He is also a certified manufactured home inspector and received his training through the American Institute of Inspectors.

With 35 years construction experience, George is also a licensed building contractor in the state of Nevada specializing in all phases of remodeling residential structures.

George is a longtime ASHI member/inspector and a founding member of NACREI. He has served in various leadership positions over the years and is currently the Secretary/Treasurer of the High Sierra Chapter of ASHI and has been the educational chairman of NACREI for many years and was a member of the team that put on last year's Conference.

George has obtained over 600 hours of classroom instruction from ASHI, CREIA, NACREI and AII over the years and has appeared on TV several times. He was also featured on the Travel Channel TV Show representing home inspectors during their "Vacation Home Search - Truckee, CA" program series.

With over 7,000 paid inspections under his belt and years of experience as an inspector, building contractor, mentor inspector in assisting new inspectors with in-field training and a member of ASHI's Parallel Inspections program, George has seen it all and will share his vast wealth of inspection knowledge with his during his Saturday afternoon class on "Inspecting Garages". We have never had a separate class on this topic and we thank George for giving us his time and sharing his knowledge with us.

Contact information:

NEV-CAL Home Inspections

Reno, NV 89507

(866) 263-8225 (775) 329-8034 Cell: (775) 772-0914

Douglas Hansen is one of the founding fathers of the home inspection business in California. He is a well respected and nationally recognized author, technical writer, guest speaker, instructor, code consultant and an expert on building codes and home inspections.

He was an instructor for many years at the College of San Mateo Building Technology degree program. He has also been actively involved with legislative activities in California for over 20 years.

Douglas is a licensed general contractor in California and a certified combination inspector for several regional and national building trade organizations, and has over 30 years of field experience.

He was a full time home inspector for 15 years prior to retiring from the business and becoming an author and instructor. Over the years, Douglas has written numerous publications, authored industry related books, served on various committees and has held several offices with ASHI and CREIA to name a few. He has also been awarded over a dozen industry related service awards and is a lifetime member of ASHI's San Jose, CA chapter.

Douglas also received ASHI's most prestigious annual award in honor of Philip C. Monahan several years ago. This is the highest honor that ASHI bestows upon an individual. He is also one of the principle authors of the very popular Code Check series of field guides to building codes and the author of Electrical Inspection of Existing Dwellings. The Code Check series is widely recognized as the most reliable and up to date code reference available and is endorsed by the International Conference of Building Officials. The Code Check series is included in many home inspector's libraries.

Douglas has been a featured speaker at many regional and national inspection seminars dating back to the mid 1980's and has been the featured guest speaker for the NACREI and AII conferences in the past and we are pleased to have him back again this year. He continues to provide the attendees in his classes with top notch educational programs and timely information that helps the inspector further their inspection knowledge and careers.

Contact information:

douglas@codecheck.com

Inspectors and contractors all know that working in the crawl space under a building is tough work. Moving through narrow clearances, over rough terrains and across obstructions is a grueling job that takes its toll on their bodies. This rugged group also knows that virtually no gear exists for them... that is, until now. KrawlGear™ is here to bring you the right gear for this tough job.

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800-972-5536

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